Album artwork for Billy Nomates by Billy Nomates

Billy Nomates, the fierce, funny, outspoken force of nature who hails from Melton Mowbray and now flits between Bournemouth and Bristol, has arrived to rattle cages. The songs on her debut album all come from a place of defiance. Rebellion against Brexit. Against soul-sapping, dead-end jobs and zero-hours contracts. Against gender inequality, sexual harassment and festivals with obligatory female acts hidden in the small print. Billy’s songs lampoon the same bleak reality satirised by her beloved Scarfolk website and explored so abrasively in the fringe theatre she finds solace in. Musically, there are snatches of Nick Cave’s rumbling sprechgesang; the “off-the-wall-ness of musicians like Captain Beefheart”; Sleaford Mods’ febrile post-punk; the groovesome lofi art-rock of Sonic Youth; and the brassy Americana of Emmylou Harris. What dominates, though, is a feeling of release. Of letting it all out. The track Supermarket Sweep features guest vocals by Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods.

Billy Nomates

Billy Nomates

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Album artwork for Billy Nomates by Billy Nomates
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Heavyweight Spined Sleeve with Gold Foil Text Print. Includes Printed Insert with Handwritten Lyrics.

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Released 07/08/2020Catalogue Number

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Album artwork for Billy Nomates by Billy Nomates
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Album artwork for Billy Nomates by Billy Nomates
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Housed in a Heavyweight Spined Sleeve, featuring Printed Insert with Handwritten Lyrics

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Includes download code
Released 23/09/2022Catalogue Number

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Billy Nomates

Billy Nomates

Invada
Album artwork for Billy Nomates by Billy Nomates
LP +

£24.99

Heavyweight Spined Sleeve with Gold Foil Text Print. Includes Printed Insert with Handwritten Lyrics.

Yellow
Includes download code
Released 07/08/2020Catalogue Number

INV240LP

Learn more
Album artwork for Billy Nomates by Billy Nomates
CD

£9.99

Digipack.

Released 07/08/2020Catalogue Number

INV240CD

Learn more
Album artwork for Billy Nomates by Billy Nomates
LP

£24.99

Housed in a Heavyweight Spined Sleeve, featuring Printed Insert with Handwritten Lyrics

Black
Includes download code
Released 23/09/2022Catalogue Number

INV240LPBLK

Learn more

Billy Nomates, the fierce, funny, outspoken force of nature who hails from Melton Mowbray and now flits between Bournemouth and Bristol, has arrived to rattle cages. The songs on her debut album all come from a place of defiance. Rebellion against Brexit. Against soul-sapping, dead-end jobs and zero-hours contracts. Against gender inequality, sexual harassment and festivals with obligatory female acts hidden in the small print. Billy’s songs lampoon the same bleak reality satirised by her beloved Scarfolk website and explored so abrasively in the fringe theatre she finds solace in. Musically, there are snatches of Nick Cave’s rumbling sprechgesang; the “off-the-wall-ness of musicians like Captain Beefheart”; Sleaford Mods’ febrile post-punk; the groovesome lofi art-rock of Sonic Youth; and the brassy Americana of Emmylou Harris. What dominates, though, is a feeling of release. Of letting it all out. The track Supermarket Sweep features guest vocals by Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods.